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Walk-Out on May 1st? Is anyone actually doing this? - CaliMT

Posted: Apr 26, 2012

What's this I hear about a Walk-out/Sick-out on May 1st? Just curious if anyone's actually doing this or is it just wishful thinking ...

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It would be totally awesome if a majority - Gutsy?

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of us had the guts to do this-what could they do-can't fire us all can they? Oh, listen to us maybe! Phones would be ringing off the wall, no more status quo, reports out of TAT, clients screaming, begging us to come back to work! Truckers do it, teachers do it, even athletes who make millions do it, and guess what, they get results! Alas, it won't happen though, not enough with guts to do it. Regardless, May 1st, "Oh, I am so sick."

I hope - everyone

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does that or demands a raise with consequences--you will leave, or just quit. I am leaning toward the latter. Not working out a my new job. Slave waves, ridiculous speech wreck.

wages - SadMT

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I too hate the speech recognition. I work twice as hard to get less than I would typing. It does not seem fair. Am looking for a straight typing job. I do not need a lot of money, just want to have enough to pay for things. Feel sorry for people taking training thinking that they are going to get a good paycheck as that is all in the past.

It's a nationwide workers' protest affiliated with OWS. - Although its not planned as an MT - sm

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walkout, what better time to do so? Besides, it's only for just ONE day. It's perfect time to use a little bit of that PTO, and get out there and shine a little light on just one of many corners of the country where workers are being ripped off by greed at the top.

one day - sm

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does absolutely nothing, hardly even makes a statement. The difference between us and trucker strikes, etc, is that patient care is affected by our working or not. Unfortunately the current economy and all make it even more unlikely that employers will care about our plight or listen; the leverage is in their favor. Don't delude yourselves or risk your job for someones ideology.

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just my opinion?? yes, but that is what this board is for - geez. no message

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patient care - is what

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happens between the patient and doctor, the patient and nurse, the pateint and x-ray tech, the patient and med tech who draws blood, the patient and CNA, the patient and the pharmacist, not MTs. Don't kid yourself. Other hospital workers don't even know we are here. And if the hospital administrators thought MTs were responsible for patient care or part of the team, they would not have replaced us with speech wreck.

Hey, I do a damn good job and care about the quality of my work, by my paycheck tells me they don't care about me or respect the quality of my work.

One day matters to me. Someone may hear my voice and read my tweets MedicalTranscription @MT_take_action. You can read tweets without a twitter account.

you are wrong. they do know we are here when - they need the information

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that is contained in our transcription/editing.

This is absolutely right-I interviewed at a local - Disgusted

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hospital this week, and they actually had the transcriptionists in the BASEMENT and offered me $10.00 for cancer care clinic-naturally, I said NO THANKS! Just pitiful!

basements - parking lot fumes

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My first hospital transcription job was in a basement and the only ventilation sucked air in from the physician's parking lot.

Now I am in a editing situation and having the life sucked out of me.

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